red alomost burgundy stuff on rock how do I get rid of it

[unlimitedbulliesjavie]

hello fellow reefers I need hel I have this redish burgundy stuff on my rocks it does brush off but keeps coming back how do I get rid of it

 

[Small triggers]

It's a different colored coralline...

 

[ReefKeeper09]

It's more than likely Cyanobacteria. It's common in the early stages of a SW tank. How long has the tank been up & running? If longer than 6 months, I would say you might need to increase your flow in the tank.

 

[rworegon]

If its slimy and easily comes off the rock its cyanobacteria, if it does not rub iff easily its an algae and I would leave it alone. If it's cyanobacteria you can increse flow but more than likely there is an excess of nutrients in your tank that will need to be addressed. What are your nitrates?

 

[reefermadness55]

It looks about the same color as cyanobacteria and sounds like it too. There are types of red algae that look about the same color but that algae does not come off very easy. There are reef safe cyanobacteria removers, our you can also look into getting a Halloween hermit crab, they love to eat it, but don't need it to survive

 

[Reefing Madness]

Looks like Red Coralline to me. If you can wisp it away with the wave of your hand, its cyano, but if you havento scape it off with a finger nail, its coralline, and thats a good thing.

 

[reefermadness55]

Yes in that picture it really looks like a red coralline algae, cyano looks almost fuzzy like this when I had an outbreak

 

[unlimitedbulliesjavie]

ive had my tank running for a lil over a year and never had it but it does come off

 

[unlimitedbulliesjavie]

I have a 75 gallon with 2 koralias each pushinv about 1400 I think I bought them used and dude said they were 4s